Hi,I now have a refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 Pc. I can't install P'mint because my live OS dvd is not recognised, or something. I've tried another Linux os and it is the same with that.My wife has bought the Pc for me from a shop 5 hours away by car. I did send the shopkeeper a Mint Linux DVD beforehand and asked that he check that Linux installs okay. My wife brought the Pc back yesterday with Mint Linux on it. Without the dvd. And i now don't have the username or password so I can't use the computer sensibly.I've learnt a lesson here. My wife was trying to please me when she suggested that she buys the pc, and I was trying to please her by buying it. How to I get to actually use it?

hi,Sorry not to have replied quicker. I've had trouble with my router.

No, I haven't tried a usb stick. I think that's a good idea. The upright dvd drive is a bit rattly. I have a Kingston G3 Data traveller 16 gb. I take it that this is what I need to create a live USB stick? I've hardly used it.

I did notice once somewhere in the P'mint menu that there are the necessary programs to do the creation. Would I need anything else?

Do you have access to any Linux computer? or... just windows?Under windows I would use Rufus, that's what I did the first time... but can't really help there... there are NO windows machines in this place If you can get your hands on a Linux PC and need help on "how to" just post back and let us know which distro this PC has.Regards

On your Peppermint machine, Download the version you want to install and verify the md5sum or the sha256sum.Insert the usb stick, go to the folder where you have the downloaded .iso, right click on it and choose create a bootable usb.On the new window that opens, choose the device and click write. Wait until it finishes. That's it.

Hi,I now have a refurbished Dell Optiplex 7010 Pc. I can't install P'mint because my live OS dvd is not recognised, or something. I've tried another Linux os and it is the same with that.My wife has bought the Pc for me from a shop 5 hours away by car. I did send the shopkeeper a Mint Linux DVD beforehand and asked that he check that Linux installs okay. My wife brought the Pc back yesterday with Mint Linux on it. Without the dvd. And i now don't have the username or password so I can't use the computer sensibly.I've learnt a lesson here. My wife was trying to please me when she suggested that she buys the pc, and I was trying to please her by buying it. How to I get to actually use it?